Congenital Expert Witness

Dr. Emil Hayek has over 20 years of experience in the field of Cardiovascular Disease. He earned his BS in Engineering Sciences from Pennsylvania State University and his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After completing his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. Today, this expert is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular ...

Dr. Doff B. McElhinney has 16 years of experience in the field of Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology. He earned his BA from Harvard College and his MD from UCSF School of Medicine. He also earned his MS from the University of California Berkeley. After completing his residency in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, he went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and Interventional Pediatric Cardiology at Boston ...

This expert is the head of the Section of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and the Co-Director of the Congenital Heart Center, at his university. His major clinical interests are in complex congenital heart defect repair. His research interests are in clinical and translational research and are supported by his role as the Co-Founder of the Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery (M-CHORD) program. He is the study chair of a 15-center randomized trial ...

This expert is the Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, as well as the director of congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery and a Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery at his institution. He is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery and congenital heart surgery specializing in valve repair and reconstruction, neonatal cardiac surgery, hybrid procedures complex biventricular repairs, and adult congenital heart surgery....

This highly qualified expert cardiologist specializes in pediatric, fetal and adult congenital cardiology. He received his BS in biology from Wesleyan University and his MD from Dartmouth Medical School. This expert completed his internship and residency in general pediatrics at Cornell Medical Center, and then went on to finish a prestigious fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Yale School of Medicine. He is board certified in pediatrics with a sub-certification in ...

This expert is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology, with further cardiac specialty training in Congenital Heart Interventional Catheterization. His education began in Saudi Arabia where he trained and practiced as a pediatric cardiologist but then came to the states to gain US residency training in pediatrics, followed by fellowships in Neonatology and perinatal medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, and Cardiac ...

This expert has over 30 years of experience as a perfusionist. He earned his BA in general science, zoology, chemistry, and physics from the University of Iowa and his BS in perfusion technology from the University of Texas-Houston. He is board certified in cardiovascular perfusion. He is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion and the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology. This expert is also highly involved in ...

This board-certified expert earned his BA in History and BS in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed his MD at Universidad Central del Caribe. He went on to complete a residency in General Surgery at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and another residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Following his residencies, he completed a fellowship in Endovascular Surgery at the LAC+USC Medical Center. This ...

This highly qualified and board certified Pediatric Anesthesiology expert received her medical degree from Northwestern University and went on complete post-graduate training in Pediatric Anesthesia at the University of Chicago Medical Center. This expert is member of several professional organizations including the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. She has published in highly regarded peer-reviewed journals. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at a ...

This highly qualified Professor of Cardiac Surgery is double board certified in general and thoracic surgery. He completed Fellowship training in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Heart Transplant & Device Surgery at the prestigious UCLA Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as a member of multiple professional organizations including the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, and ...

This board certified expert has been practicing for over 15 years. He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Stanford University as well as a research fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in journals such as the "Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery" and the "Annals of Thoracic Surgery", while he serves as a reviewer for the ...

This highly qualified expert is a board certified Pediatric Cardiologist who has practiced and taught at some of nation's top-ranking children's hospitals. He is the former Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, a leading institution in pediatric cardiology, and is the current Chair of Pediatric Cardiology at a major medical university....